BST2021 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Language Acquisition, Verbal Behavior, Parenting Styles
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Culture: humans control contingencies that a ect the behaviour and learned reinforcers/punishers of people: individuals engage in overt and verbal behaviour re ecting shared behavioural learning histories. Cultural identity: characteristics that extend beyond individual di erences to those traits that members of a given culture share with one another. Verbal discrimination of our own behaviour (our learning histories, contingencies, stimuli, etc. ) Talking about our diverse client interactions with a professional community. Talking about our own behaviour is how we achieve self-awareness. Understanding our own cultural system is important for correcting biases that a ect our interactions with others. Mindful attention: focuses on the interaction between the behaviour analyst and the client/family. Scienti c mindedness: assessing, collecting data, and testing hypothesis rather than accepting our own experiences and biases as the norm. Assessment tools: diversity self-assessment, self-test questionnaire how do you relate to various groups of people in society? , multicultural sensitivity scale.
